Class 503 Unit

Two iconic suburban electric units, built either side of World War II, operated on their respective networks, hundreds of miles apart but both responsible for millions of passenger journeys – and now the last survivors of their type! The Southern 4-SUB and Class 503 Wirral units are now united under a single project to conserve, restore and ultimately operate them for what they are, examples of the everyday train from the 1940s through to the mid 1980s. These were the trains that brought you home from days work, a shopping trip, a football match and a night out. They were there for you for decades, unnoticed, unrecognised and taken for granted. They were an everyday part of your life that has now passed into history.